When I speak at moms' groups, I always say: "I have really bad news. Emptying the dishwasher is actually more important than running it." It is. And I'm sorry. Emptying the dishwasher first thing in the morning means I can re-fill it all day with whatever dishes get dirtied. Re-filling it all day (instead of leaving/piling random things in … [Read more...]
One Thing You Should NOT Put in Your Dishwasher
This post contains one little ol' Amazon affiliate link. As you know, I'm an Anti-Pre-Wash-Ite. I get a thrill from putting stuff like this in my dishwasher: Even my converted-from-pre-washing husband questioned my sanity, but it came out perfectly clean and totally chocolate-cake-less. BUT . . . one thing you should never put … [Read more...]
The Make or Break Step of Using a Dishwasher
See that? That's me on a day when I am rocking my dishwasher routine. Hooking four coffee mugs on one hand to take them all to the coffee-mug-cabinet in one trip. But then there are days like this: That's me on a day when I'm stinking up that routine. A day when I didn't do that all-important, … [Read more...]
How Habit #1 Really Does Change My Life
My friend Mary of Giving Up on Perfect offered to write this post after a comment I made in my first Google+ Hangout where she was a guest. (She was there when I messed up and it didn't record.) As I introduced her, I shared that I remember the first time I met her because she said she had been running her dishwasher every night(ish) since she read … [Read more...]
Mopping Day Happened
Thursday is Mopping Day on my totally-made-up Weekly Cleaning Task Schedule. But I didn't mop yesterday. Instead I finished up a VERY big writing project that had a deadline, met with my church's music minister about our Christmas production (because it's the end of August so we're already behind!), and kept up with daily tasks like unloading … [Read more...]
The Messy Fridge Makeover (Using Fun New Products from the Home Collection by Post-it Brand and Scotch Brand)
The following decluttering/organizing project is a sponsored post: How is it that the single largest object in my kitchen somehow becomes invisible to me? School is about to start. (Blech.) Soon, we'll start collecting random notes and reminders to stick on the fridge, so it was time to look at it with fresh eyes and remove last year's … [Read more...]
Messy Kitchen Prep (And How I Deal With It): Ground Beef
I know summer is already here for some of you, but I have one more week to go before those glorious days begin. I. Can't. Wait. I looooovvvve the days/weeks/months of family togetherness. Because those days are deliciously crazy and loosey-goosey, I'm doing what I can to help us survive the summer without getting on a first-name basis with … [Read more...]
THE Hardest Spot to Clean in All the House
(This is a sponsored post. Basically, I'm getting paid to clean a spot I avoid cleaning. Yes, I get the irony.) It's spring. Which means . . . it's time to spring clean. There were many years when I just didn't spring clean. I was barely surviving under all my clutter, so the big, easy-to-neglect cleaning projects were put off … [Read more...]
Dishwashing Rhythm – And My Lack of Cleaning Intuition
I'm not exactly sure how that happened. I know how to keep it from happening, but I still find myself amazed that getting off my dishwashing rhythm, even for just a day (or so), creates such a pile up. Pre-blog, I would often say I had to run the dishwasher three and four times a day. I'm pretty sure I wasn't lying. I really did have days … [Read more...]
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